Adrià Arboix1, Anna Cartanyà2, Michael Lowak2, Luís García-Eroles3, Olga Parra4, Montserrat Oliveres2, Joan Massons2. 1. Cerebrovascular Division, Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitari del Sagrat Cor, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Electronic address: aarboix@hscor.com. 2. Cerebrovascular Division, Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitari del Sagrat Cor, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 3. Clinical Information Systems, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 4. Department of Pneumology Hospital Universitari del Sagrat Cor, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We assessed gender differences and women-specific secular trends in stroke. METHODS: Data from 2318 women and 2274 men with first-ever stroke collected from the Sagrat Cor Hospital Stroke Registry of Barcelona between 1986 and 2009 were analyzed. RESULTS: Patient's age increased significantly from a mean of 74.5 years in 1986-1992 to 81.2 years in 2004-2009 (P < 0.001). Patients aged ≥ 85 years increased from 18.5% to 38.5% (P = 0.0001) as were patients with hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and cardioembolic stroke. The in-hospital death decreased from 17.6% to 11% (P = 0.02), median length of hospital from 14 to 9 days (P = 0.0001) and prolonged hospital stay (> 12 days) from 59.7% to 33.7% (P = 0.0001). Lacunar infarction was more frequent in men (21.5% vs. 16.2%, P = 0.0003) and cardioembolic infarction in women (26% vs. 15.6%, P = 0.0001). Acute stroke in women continues to be a severe disease with high risk of death in the immediate post-stroke phase (13.5%) and low probability of early full neurological recovery (13.9% vs. 11.8%, P = 0.029). CONCLUSION: Women differ from men in the distribution of risk factors and stroke subtype, stroke severity, and outcome. An increase in the patient's age, hypertension, atrial fibrillation and cardioembolic infarction, as well as a decrease mortality and length of hospitalization over a 24-year period was recorded.
OBJECTIVE: We assessed gender differences and women-specific secular trends in stroke. METHODS: Data from 2318 women and 2274 men with first-ever stroke collected from the Sagrat Cor Hospital Stroke Registry of Barcelona between 1986 and 2009 were analyzed. RESULTS:Patient's age increased significantly from a mean of 74.5 years in 1986-1992 to 81.2 years in 2004-2009 (P < 0.001). Patients aged ≥ 85 years increased from 18.5% to 38.5% (P = 0.0001) as were patients with hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and cardioembolic stroke. The in-hospital death decreased from 17.6% to 11% (P = 0.02), median length of hospital from 14 to 9 days (P = 0.0001) and prolonged hospital stay (> 12 days) from 59.7% to 33.7% (P = 0.0001). Lacunar infarction was more frequent in men (21.5% vs. 16.2%, P = 0.0003) and cardioembolic infarction in women (26% vs. 15.6%, P = 0.0001). Acute stroke in women continues to be a severe disease with high risk of death in the immediate post-stroke phase (13.5%) and low probability of early full neurological recovery (13.9% vs. 11.8%, P = 0.029). CONCLUSION:Women differ from men in the distribution of risk factors and stroke subtype, stroke severity, and outcome. An increase in the patient's age, hypertension, atrial fibrillation and cardioembolic infarction, as well as a decrease mortality and length of hospitalization over a 24-year period was recorded.
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